The island of Jersey in the English Channel, an autonomous dependency of the British crown, is among the first to celebrate the upcoming Chinese Year of the Monkey, with the release of a stamp issue on Jan 5 designed by Beijing illustrator Wang Huming.
An exhibition to show the archaeological finds of Qin culture and Xirong culture before the Qin Dynasty (221 – 201 BC) was kicked off on Thursday in Emperor Qinshihuang's Mausoleum Site Museum in Xi'an, the capital of Shaanxi province.
Chinese collector Lin Hao shows his copper Chinese Zodiac stamps dating back to Song and Qing dynasties in Fuzhou, Southeast China's Fujian province on Jan 5, 2016. Different seal scripts are inscribed on each stamp.
A gold plate is excavated at a historical site in Pengshan, Southwest China's Sichuan province, Jan 5, 2016. Zhang Xianzhong (1606-47), the leader of a peasant revolt during the end of the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644), sank numerous boats filled with treasures in an area covering about one million square meters near a wharf in Pengshan.
Zhangying Art Gallery was inaugurated at the Xianying Temple in Shijingshan district of Beijing on Dec 31, 2015.
Chinese netizens are excited by the upcoming "Horse month of the Monkey year" based on the lunar calendar, leading many to joke on social media.
As one of the few live shows with a revolutionary theme in the country, it has become a major draw for tourists who visit Shaoshan to pay tribute to Mao Zedong.
Finn Erling Kydland is a Norwegian economist. He is the Henley Professor of Economics at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Sixty-two murals from the ancient Khotan civilization have been restored recently after over two years' painstaking efforts by cultural relic restorers.
A gold-plating belt salvaged from the ancient merchant boat Nanhai (South China Sea) No. 1 is on display at a show about cultural relics along the Maritime Silk Road at the Hainan Museum.
The recruiting examination for art students in Shanxi province has started. Many students are in the home stretch of the test. Some get up at 6 am to practice singing, and some work on their paintings late into the night.
Yiwu is commonly known as the "supermarket of the world". As the lunar new year approaches, it has again become busy with the store shelves stocked with merchandises such as new year paintings and figurines that are thought to bring prosperity in the coming year.
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